Featured Artist
Lynn & Steve
Cebula
Each month ATGhousing.com interviews an Artist and showcases a few
examples of their work.
This month we had the opportunity to catch up with Lynn and Steve Cebula, please see our Q&A below and be sure to visit Lynn and Steve's website at
www.TwistedDimensionsArt.com
ATG: Who are you, where are you from, and where do you live?
Lynn & I are from New Jersey but have lived in Palm Harbor, FL since 1997.
ATG: Why art?
We both had other career paths and jobs in our younger days but art provides us with a creative outlet and is very fulfilling on a personal level. We still get excited when someone decides to purchase a piece we created, even after 20 years making and selling our work.
ATG: How is your personality reflected in your work?
Our work contains a lot of whimsy a reflection of us.
ATG: How do you overcome creative blocks?
We find stepping away from a piece helps to give a new perspective to the work
when we go back to it, sometimes we work on something else in the meantime.
ATG: What art do you most identify with?
Brightly colored abstracts
ATG: What themes do you pursue?
Music is our strongest theme but we now have delved
into fishing, kitchen, golf, table games, auto & motorcycle as well.
ATG: Which Art Festivals do you enjoy the most?
Our top 3: Las Olas, St Armands, & Delray Beach
ATG: What’s your strongest memory of your childhood?
Lynn – My Dad who passed away just prior to the start of my artistic career.
Steve – time spent with my grandparents on my mothers side.
ATG: What inspires you?
A great day at the beach with each other and a beautiful sunset
ATG: What is your most inspirational place?
The beach at Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys.
ATG: Professionally, what’s your goal?
To continue to expand our horizons artistically and sometimes step outside our comfort zone.
ATG: Personally, what’s your goal?
To eventually relocate to the Florida Keys and enjoy ourselves each day!.
ATG: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
"It is ok to fail as long as you come away learning something."
ATG: What's the best piece of advice you can give?
Find a way to do something you love even if it does not earn the most money,
life is too short to waste time being unhappy.